Luka Doncic poured in 51 points, including two free throws with 4.5 seconds remaining, and the visiting Dallas Mavericks outlasted the San Antonio Spurs 126-125 on Saturday to win their season-best sixth straight game.
The Mavericks led by 10 points after three quarters but San Antonio fought back, getting to within 112-111 after a pair of free throws by Jakob Poeltl with 5:29 to play. After Dallas rebuilt its lead to six points, the Spurs rallied again, getting a floater by Poeltl to cut their deficit to 121-119 with 2:09 left.
Herro drove the length of the court and heaved up the off-balance game-winner after Utah's Lauri Markkanen tied the game with three free throws with 6.1 seconds remaining. Bam Adebayo led all scorers with 32 points, adding eight rebounds, and Herro finished with 29 points, nine rebounds and six assists to help the Heat finish the calendar year in style.
Kevin Love added 20 points and nine rebounds for the Cavaliers, who survived a rough night from star Donovan Mitchell. DeRozan scored 11 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter for the Bulls. Ayo Dosunmu added 19 points and Zach LaVine 15.Julius Randle scored 35 points, Immanuel Quickley and Quentin Grimes combined for 46 and New York snapped a five-game skid by beating host Houston.
Brooklyn broke out to a double-digit lead in the first quarter and rode 60 percent shooting from the field for the game to cruise to the win. The Nets' high-scoring duo had plenty of help as Nic Claxton and Royce O'Neale both racked up 14 points, Yuta Watanabe had 11 and T.J. Warren added 10.
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